Sleep (KW first pass)

Last updated: 2019-01-25

This is Kara’s first pass at looking at the Sleep data (with data from 2019-01-24). (Note: PDF printed portrait, 80% zoom, default margins.)

Demographics

A couple of things to note here: A substantial majority of participants in Thailand were female, and this also appears to be true in China and Vanuatu (where an unusual number of participants are missing gender/sex info).

Questions 1-23

1. Where do you usually sleep at night? (slep_ordn01)

2. What do you usually sleep on at night? (slep_ordn02)

3. Does anyone else sleep in the same bed (or mat, hammock, etc.) with you? (slep_ordn03)

4. If yes, who sleeps with you in the bed? Please circle the person(s) from the list (slep_ordn04)

5. Besides anyone who shares the bed with you, does someone else sleep in the same room with you? (slep_ordn05)

6. If yes, who else sleeps in the same room with you? Please circle the person(s) from the list (slep_ordn06)

7. What does your family use to see at night? (slep_ordn07)

8. Do you usually take naps? (slep_ordn08)

9. If so, how often do you rest or nap? (slep_ordn09)

10. When do you typically fall asleep every night and wake up every night? (slep_ordn10)

11. Does that vary a lot from night to night? (slep_ordn11)

12a. RA judgment for hours slept (slep_ordn12a, derived from slep_ordn12)

13. What do you think is the most important role of sleep for you? (slep_ordn13)

14. Do you look forward to dreaming? (slep_ordn14)

15. Are dreams an important source of spiritual insight for you? (slep_ordn15)

16. Do you regard sleep as a doorway into another way of being? (slep_ordn16)

17. Do special spiritual things happen during the night for you? (slep_ordn17)

18. Do you wake up to pray in the middle of the night? (slep_ordn18)

19a. RA judgment for time spent in prayer (slep_ordn19a, derived from slep_ordn19)

20. If you do, do you go back to sleep? (slep_ordn20)

21. Do you intentionally sleep in any specific positions that have spiritual or health consequences? (slep_ordn21)

22. Do you interact with God or with spirits in the middle of the night? (slep_ordn22)

23. What wakes you up most at night? (slep_ordn23)

“Edge” survey

Total score (slep_edge_total)

Individual questions

The “edge” survey consisted of 20 questions, labeled as follows (order may have varied across versions?):

• slep_edge01: 11. I’ve felt an evil presence in the room, but could not see, hear, touch or smell anyone there.
• slep_edge02: 12. I’ve heard someone calling my name
• slep_edge03: 13. I’ve seen a blurry human figure in the room.
• slep_edge04: 14.I’ve had the sense of an invisible presence watching me.
• slep_edge05: 15. I’ve heard the voice of a person I could not identify.
• slep_edge06: 16. I’ve heard human speech which spoke in a garbled, unclear way.
• slep_edge07: 17. I’ve seen the image of a face.
• slep_edge08: 18. I’ve heard the voice of someone familiar to me.
• slep_edge09: 19. I’ve see things or figures floating in my room.
• slep_edge10: 20. I’ve felt the presence of an intruder in my bedroom, though I did not actually see, hear, touch or smell anyone
• slep_edge11: 1. I’ve clearly seen people in my room
• slep_edge12: 2. I’ve heard non-speech sound, such as laughter, music or other noises
• slep_edge13: 3. I’ve seen things in my room other than people
• slep_edge14: 4. I’ve had the feeling of a presence in the room which I felt was aware of me too, but I could not actually see, hear, touch or smell them
• slep_edge15: 5. I’ve heard God (or a spirit) speak
• slep_edge16: 6. I’ve heard God (or a spirit) singing to me.
• slep_edge17: 7. I’ve seen an angel (or a spirit)
• slep_edge18: 8. I’ve seen a ghost
• slep_edge19: 9. I’ve felt the presence of God (or a spirit)
• slep_edge20: 10. I have woken up and been unable to move.

Note: this version of the plot is probably better for slides, but I’ve replotted it on the following page for easy of reading in this PDF.

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